Data Dredging
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
A statistical bias in which testing huge numbers of hypotheses of a dataset may appear to yield statistical significance even when the results are statistically nonsignificant.
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Vulnerability72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- p-hackingstatistical bias
- plural
- Data Dredgings
- possessive
- Data Dredging's
- pluralpossessive
- Data Dredgings'